This dam constructed across Siccawei Creek opposite Avenue clu Roi Albert, forms the first completed step towards the realization of extensive dredging work to be conducted in the Siccawei and the The French authorities have accepted the cost of the project while the Japanese authorities permitted the work to be carried on in territory under their control. of the authorities in putting into execution this project vital both to the Concession and Nantao was subject of an appreciative statement made by the French Consul-General to a "North-China Daily News" reporter which was published on October 8
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